Participants of the Green Economy Global meeting. a) Partner with green SMEs and build a social movement in service of inclusive green and resilient economies that deliver local value and sustainable livelihoods, all around the world. a) Champion SMEs as an engine of disruptive innovation, invention and creative development. Most of the businesses which will drive the economies of 2040 do not exist yet, and all of them will have started out as SMEs. a) Rethink systems within our sphere of direct and indirect influence that affect the functioning of SMEs, sustainable practices and business models. CARICAD was represented at both the Green Economy Action Learning Group (GE ALG) and the Green Economy Global meeting by Programme Specialist, Franklyn Michael. The background information which follows was provided by CANARI. “The Caribbean Green Economy Action Learning (GE ALG) was established in 2012 to identify and promote ways in which ‘green economy’ can advance sustainable development in the Caribbean through shaping visions, perspectives, positions and actions. The GE ALG was convened by CANARI and is inputting into implementation of the #GE4U: Transformation towards an inclusive green economy in the Caribbean (#GE4U) project, which is part of a global project of the Green Economy Coalition (GEC) being supported by the European Union. The GE ALG was convened at a regional meeting on October 31, 2017 in Trinidad and Tobago to facilitate input into the #GE4U project. The GE ALG also participated in the Global Meeting of the GEC being co-hosted by CANARI. That was held November 1-3, 2017 immediately following the GE ALG meeting. Participants at the global meeting included the GEC Secretariat from the United Kingdom, GEC members implementing the GEC global project (in Chile, India, Mongolia, Peru, South Africa, Uganda), other GEC international members and the European Commission. The theme of the global meeting was “Green enterprises: driving the transition from local to global” and the overall goal is to build understanding, commitment and momentum to transforming policy and practice supporting local green enterprises as a pathway to an inclusive green economy. CANARI is implementing the Caribbean Hub Dialogue #GE4U project as part of the global project Creating enabling policy conditions for the transformation towards an inclusive green economy being funded by the European Union and managed by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) on behalf of the Green Economy Coalition (GEC). The GE ALG meeting was supported by funding and assistance from the European Union. The main goal of the GE ALG meeting was to facilitate input into shaping a Caribbean dialogue and movements for transformation to an inclusive green economy in the Caribbean under the #GE4U project.” 10
11 Publizr Home